Love, Binti

Love, Binti

Love, Binti Love, Binti Having collected 900 kg of shoes to donate to Kenya during the Vancouver festival in 2016, TAIWANfest partners once again with a social cause to support the “Love, Binti” project. Join us at the BeWithU area at TAIWANfest in crafting reusable sanitary pads to be donated to girls in need in…

Hope Talk – Shadows of the Crimson Sun

Hope Talk – Shadows of the Crimson Sun

Hope Talk – Shadows of the Crimson Sun Dr. Yang & Julia LinSanxia Spintops Born in Taiwan under Japanese occupation. Raised in Manchukuo under Japanese control Retrocession of Taiwan.  Received  Canadian citizenship after immigrating to North America. The many identities of Dr. Charles Yang.   He lingers in the influences of different cultures and felt the lessons of every…

Hope Talk: Twelve-year-old Piano Sensation Hao Wei Lin

Hope Talk: Twelve-year-old Piano Sensation Hao Wei Lin

The Paper Play  Hao-Wei Lin Like many arts, Western classical music was introduced to Taiwan during the period of Japanese colonization in Taiwan, with numerous Taiwanese born musicians such as Bunya Koh trained under Japanese masters. With a head start over many other Asian nations, Taiwan has since earned a reputation for developing a high…

The Paper Play – A Forgotten Media

The Paper Play – A Forgotten Media

The Paper Play – A Forgotten Media Min-Chuan Chiang In today’s age of big data and ad-blockers many of yesterday’s media are forgotten. Yet the era of paper-based mass communication through paper has not yet truly ended. A Taiwanese collector, Mr Min-Chuan Chiang, has collected matches, matchbooks, and matchboxes produced across the world spanning over a…